NEWTON — Ty Gibbs didn’t question his crew chief’s final pit call. “I can’t do anything about it, so you just run with it,” Gibbs said. Gibbs used late pit strategy and held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell over the final 20 laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race ...
IOWA CITY — Former University of Iowa men’s basketball player Don Nelson passed away Sunday at the age of 86. Nelson’s family confirmed the death in a statement that did not say where he died or provide a cause. “On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and ...
IOWA CITY — Three University of Iowa football players have been named to The Sporting News 2026 Preseason All-America teams. Fourth-year center Kade Pieper earned first-team honors, while third-year tight end DJ Vonnahme and fourth-year defensive back Zach Lutmer were selected to the second team. Pieper, a 2026 Walter Camp Preseason first-team All-American and Outland Trophy candidate, started all 13 games at guard in 2025 and is coming off a breakout campaign where he earned Pro Football Focus first-team All-America and third-team All-Big Ten accolades. He was a cornerstone of an ...
For the second year in a row, East Marshall pitcher Peyton Grabenbauer is an all-stater. Grabenbauer was one of six local softball players selected to the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association’s All-State softball teams, joined by a pair of Mustang teammates and a cross-county ...
AMES — New Iowa State coach Jimmy Rogers is nothing if not confident. The Cyclones are picked last in the Big 12 preseason media poll, return no starters and had 55 players transfer after Rogers was hired to replace Matt Campbell, who took 24 of the best with him to Penn State. Rogers ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark sat at the dais Thursday night, staring at the stat sheet and reliving the eight turnovers and her two missed free throws with seven seconds left in regulation. Then she took the blame for the Indiana Fever’s stinging 86-84 overtime loss to defending champion ...
